At lunchtime today (Monday 5 September), the UK’s next prime minister will be revealed despite delays to voting by Conservative Party members following a GCHQ alert over cyber hackers On the same day the UK Data Protection and Digital Information Bill comes up for its...
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Howard Freeman, MD, Fortis DPC discusses how Mermaid could have avoided a £25,000 fine from ICO
“The latest fine issued by the ICO office to transgender charity Mermaid for failing to keep the personal data of its users secure, yet again highlights the importance of regulatory compliance and the need for it to be reviewed thoroughly, rather than taking the easy...
Global Outage saw top retailers lose many hundreds of millions in an hour
Howard Freeman, MD, Fortis DPC assesses the potential risks posed by the Fastly Outage “The recent internet outages caused by the Content Delivery Network (CDN) from Fastly last month demonstrated that CDN’s can be a single point of failure. CDN’s are...
Howard Freeman, MD, Fortis DPC claims lack of education is seeing an uprise in levels of NHS data breaches
Howard Freeman has over 30 years expertise in Cyber Security and Compliance and has supported big corporates as well as SMEs on the challenges around data compliance and GDPR serving domestic and international clients, across Europe, the USA, Australasia, South...
A safe pair of hands for SME’s tackling Information Security and GDPR
Fortis DPC demonstrates its commitment to delivering Quality Principles & Cyber Security with two accreditations Demonstrating its commitment to achieving excellent quality standards and processes, Fortis Data Protection & Compliance (DPC), which...
Biggest test of GDPR enforcement awaits as CNPD issues its draft decision to fine Amazon
Howard Freeman, MD, Fortis (DPC) discusses the road ahead “Last week, the CNPD- Luxembourg’s data-protection commission circulated a draft decision sanctioning Amazon’s privacy practices and proposed a fine of $425 million against Amazon.com Inc. The latest fine is...
GDPR – 3 Years and counting…Howard Freeman, MD at Fortis DPC Ltd discusses the road ahead for businesses
“The UK Government has made it clear that they want Britain to be a place where companies can transact digital business. GDPR will be a vital component of the strategy. On leaving the European Union, a new law came into force that contains the EU GDPR, the PECR...